The Yale Law Journal

Azmat Khan

Article

The Dangerous Rise of “Dual-Use” Objects in War

Oona A. Hathaway, Azmat Khan & Mara R. Revkin

Militaries are increasingly targeting “dual-use objects”—objects that serve both civilian and military purposes. Drawing on an original dataset of the U.S. military’s airstrike reports and ground reporting in Iraq and Syria, this Article illustrates how targeting such "dual-use objects" has undermin…